Description: SHIPPING IN COVID TIMES: Please note that at this time, the post office is VERY VERY slow and if you need this by a specific time, you'll need to select Priority Mail or it may take a couple weeks or longer to get there. I know it's more expensive, but it's the only way to insure a quick delivery... NO RISK PURCHASE! See Below** The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta Edited by Dian Hanson AUTHORIZED TASCHEN RESELLER! - I am a legitimate authorized Taschen Bookseller. All my Taschen books are purchased directly from Taschen as opposed to buying them in a bookstore and then reselling them. These are brand new, direct FROM Taschen and packaged as they came from them! Special orders welcomed! This new giant sized monograph is the biggest and most complete ever produced on the artist, done in collaboration with the Frazetta family and with top collectors. NOTE: The above was created for the SIGNED & NUMBERED FFE editions WHICH ARE TOTALLY OUT OF PRINT. This is the exact same item, but will NOT contain the page with the signed and numbered bookplate. See below** All Hail the King of Fantasy Art Frank Frazetta finally gets the big beautiful book he deserves! Frank Frazetta has reigned as the undisputed lord of fantasy art for 50 years, his fame only growing in the 12 years since his death. His high energy oils of Tarzan, Conan, Vampirella and his signature Death Dealer define not just fantasy worlds, but the bodies that occupy them: fleshy, muscular, tactile and sensual. With his paintings now breaking auction records (Egyptian Queen sold for $ 5.4 million in 2019) he’s long overdue for this ultimate monograph. Born to a Sicilian immigrant family in Brooklyn, 1928, Frazetta was a minor league athlete, petty criminal and serial seducer with movie star looks and phenomenal talent. He claimed to make art only when there was nothing better to do — he preferred playing baseball — yet began his professional career in comics at age 16. Comic Strip work led him to the infamous EC Comics, ghosting Li’l Abner, then finally to oils for Tarzan and Conan pulp covers which put him on the fantasy map. Both characters were interpreted by many before him, but as he explained in the 1970s, “I’m very physical minded. In Brooklyn, I knew Conan, I knew guys just like him...” He used this first-hand knowledge of muscle, macho and gorgeous women to redefine fantasy heroes as more massive, more menacing, more testosterone-fueled than anything seen before... As counterbalance he created a new breed of women, as nude as censorship allowed, with pixie faces and idealized bodies: thick thighed, heavy buttocked, breasts cantilevered out to there, yet still, with their soft bellies and hints of cellulite, believably real. Add in the action, the creatures, the twilit worlds of haunting shadow and Frazetta’s art is addictive. While a lot of fine books have been devoted to Frank’s work, this is one no collector is going to want to miss — much like the best-selling History of EC Comics was, done in the matching huge XXL format. You’ll be pleased with the quality of artwork, the familiar and the never before seen material, the inside stories and more here. The Fantastic Worlds of Frank Frazetta XXL Edited by Dian Hanson Hardcover, clothbound with jacket measuring roughly 16"x11.5" weighing 11lbs unpacked and containing 468 pages. AND JUST IN CASE you need a way to display this, I also sell a few VERY nice bookstands. You can find them HERE!. Most are strong enough to display this or any large format book. USE THE ADD TO CART option and when you check out, you'll save money by paying for them both at the same time and combine the shipping! A Note About The Carrying Box. 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Price: 198.93 USD
Location: Walnut, California
End Time: 2023-12-15T19:26:18.000Z
Shipping Cost: 22.66 USD
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Book Title: The World Of Frank Frazetta
Book Series: XXL
Publisher: Taschen
Original Language: English
Age Level: Adults
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Edition: Collector's Edition, Limited Edition, Special Edition
Subject: Art & Photography
Publication Year: 2023
Type: Illustrated Book
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Illustrator: Frank Frazetta
Author: Dian Hanson
Genre: Art & Culture
Topic: Fantasy Art, Biography
Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown
Subjects: Art & Culture